Patents by Inventor Ralph Meeuwenoord

Ralph Meeuwenoord has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Rolling contact bearing with improved performances
    Patent number: 11078960
    Abstract: A rolling contact bearing, wherein the surface of the raceways of an outer member and/or an inner member are randomly formed with an innumerable number of microconcavelike pits, the surfaces are provided with said pits having a surface roughness value smaller than 0.25 microns and a skewness Rsk value such that ?3.5<Rsk<?1.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Victor Brizmer, Francesco Lamboglia, Ralph Meeuwenoord, Hubertus Laurentius Maria Peek
  • ROLLING CONTACT BEARING WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCES
    Publication number: 20200217365
    Abstract: A rolling contact bearing, wherein the surface of the raceways of an outer member and/or an inner member are randomly formed with an innumerable number of microconcavelike pits, the surfaces are provided with said pits having a surface roughness value smaller than 0.25 microns and a skewness Rsk value such that ?3.5<Rsk<?1.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Victor Brizmer, Francesco Lamboglia, Ralph Meeuwenoord, Hubertus Laurentius Maria Peek
  • METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SURFACE OF A METAL OBJECT SUCH AS A METAL SYNCHRONIZING RING FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS
    Publication number: 20200086451
    Abstract: A method includes providing a metal ring and pastelessly slide-grinding at least one surface of the metal ring with grinding bodies, preferably until a predefined surface topography of the metal ring is achieved, which surface topography preferably has an Rsk value that is greater than or equal to ?0.25 and/or an Rk value between 0.3 and 1.35 and/or Rpk value between 0.05 and 0.4 and/or an Rvk value between 0.2 and 1.2 and/or an Ra value between 0.1 and 0.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Norbert Huhn, Thomas Fetzer, Ulrich Lang, Ralph Meeuwenoord, Patrice Ribault